
At right is Paul W. Homan, 101, staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corp. Homan served with the 465th AAF unit in New Guinea, Philippines and Luzon. He was a radio operator (telegraph) and carbine sharpshooter. He received awards for good conduct, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and three bronze stars, a Presidential Citation, and six Overseas Service Bars.Homan is the grandfather of Penn State 1996 graduate Amy (Harris) Geisinger, and the great-grandfather of Zachery Petey, junior in meteorology at the University.